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Music.....can some of you older peeps help me out?

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  1. Pole

    Pole Houston Rockets--Tilman Fertitta's latest mess.

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    I've got a friend who is going through some bad times right now, and is suffering from some really severe depression. NOT garden variety.

    Anyway, I went to the clinic where this friend will be residing for the next few months, and I was surprised to hear this person tell me that they didn't have an iPod and had never downloaded any music. I remember back in the day--late eighties--that this person loved music.

    I'd like to put some music on a shuffle and bring it to my friend. My problem is that I killed too many brain cells back then, and I can't for the life of me remember most of the cool songs from back in that era. Anyway, I remember my friend liking stuff like Yaz, Book of Love, Art of Noise.....etc. Stuff that wasn't too obscure, but not too mainstream either. We also hung out at a place that--although in a small town in East Texas--seemed to have some decent clubby dance music (of the time).

    Can any of you guys recommend anything (that can still be found) that would match these requirements? Good dance songs, relatively happy music, not too mainstream, but not so obscure we haven't heard it? I'm open to any suggestions.
     
    #1 Pole, Apr 21, 2008
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    Anything Box
    Bad Boy Blues
    Army of Lovers
    New Order
    T42
    Red Flag
    Erasure
    Information Society
    OMD
    Real Life
    Camouflage
    Alphaville
    Duran Duran
     
    #2 Luckyazn, Apr 21, 2008
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    hah, i was a KTRU dj from 85-89. This is off the top of my head for what was on our overplay list...lol

    REM
    U2
    Replacements
    Midnight Oil
    XTC
    Echo and the Bunnymen
    Siouxsie and the Banshees
    early Red Hot Chili Peppers
    English Beat
    UB40
    The Cult
    Aztec Camera
    Gang of Four
    Dead Can Dance
    The Pixies
    The Cockteau Twins
    Jane's Addiction
    They Might be Giants
    Dinosaur Jr
    Smashing Pumpkins
    Pearl Jam
    Love and the Rockets/Bauhaus/Tones on Tail
     
    #3 heypartner, Apr 22, 2008
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    Pretty good lists so far...

    The Cure
    Smiths
     
    #4 Cohen, Apr 22, 2008
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    public enemy
    run dmc
    ll cool j
    bdp
    slick rick
    3rd base
    jazzy jeff & the fresh prince
    special ed
    salt n pepa
    sir mix-a-lot
    rob base & dj e z rock
     
    #5 Will-Pac, Apr 22, 2008
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    The dude's already depressed, why do you want to make it worse with 80's crap?
     
    #6 Dubious, Apr 22, 2008
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    #7 Mr. Brightside, Apr 22, 2008
  8. Pole

    Pole Houston Rockets--Tilman Fertitta's latest mess.

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    I suck..........completely.

    You guys gave me very good answers for the crappy way I worded my request. I was actually hoping for specific songs from bands that didn't get much radio play. Some of the songs I remember hearing at the party house were things like dance mixes of Yellow's "Oh Yeah" and Ministry's "Every Day is Halloween"
     
    #8 Pole, Apr 22, 2008
  9. Pole

    Pole Houston Rockets--Tilman Fertitta's latest mess.

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    Not a dude.
     
    #9 Pole, Apr 22, 2008
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    Then we need pics. :eek:

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    No, but seriously, how about some Tiffany "I think We're Alone" or Debbie Gibson's "Only in My Dreams" or Duran Duran's "A View To A Kill"? Is the person more into Heavy Metal, Rock, or Pop? I would recommend Van Halen's "Jump" or "Dreams", Scorpions' "Big City Nights", or Quiet Riot's "c*m On Feel The Noiz".

    I will come back and edit this post if I find more specific songs. I am an 80's nut... I got to the 'States in '86, and was used to listening to music I didn't even understand. :cool:

    EDIT: Never mind... these were all on 93Q in the morning, and I remember John Lander waking me up to these songs. You asked for bands without much radio play, and I failed. :(

    How about:
    Nitzer Ebb - Join in the Chant
    OMC - Everytime I look Around
    Nine Inch Nails - Head Like a Hole
     
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    Link to Good Mix List

    Check back here tonight. I have a cassette tape of an old DV8 broadcast I'll transfer to mp3 and put out there for you. It should have something for you. Ideas at least...
     
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    Robert Smith turned 49 yesterday.

    Do you feel old now? I sure do.
     
    #12 ima_drummer2k, Apr 22, 2008
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    You probably want to take The Cure off of that list. It's not great 'cheer up' music, especially for a clinically depressed person.
     
    #13 Jeremiah, Apr 22, 2008
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    If your friend is depressed you may want to be careful with the Cure and the Smiths but they sitll have some good songs.

    Bizzare Love Triangle - New Order
    Boy - Book of Love
    I Touch Roses - Book of Love
    Radio Free Europe - REM
    Driver 8 - REM
    I Will Follow - U2
    In Between Days - Cure
    Boys Don't Cry - Cure
    Brand New Lover - Dead or Alive
    Fall on Me - REM
    Just Can't Get Enough - Depech Mode

    Of course there was also:
    Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
    Living After Midnight - Judas Priest
    Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
     
    #14 111chase111, Apr 22, 2008
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    Psychedelic Furs - "Heartbreak Beat" is running through my head...
     
    #15 Mulder, Apr 22, 2008
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    You might want to put some The Fixx on there-

    1. Stand or Fall
    2. Red Skies
    3. Lost Planes
    4. Some People
    5. Saved by Zero
    6. One Thing Leads to Another
    7. The Sign of Fire
    8. Going Overboard
    9. Deeper and Deeper
    10. Are We Ourselves?
     
    #16 gifford1967, Apr 22, 2008
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    Oh yeah. And some 10,000 Maniacs-

    Track listing from In My Tribe-

    "What's the Matter Here" – 4:51
    "Hey Jack Kerouac" – 3:26
    "Like the Weather" – 3:56
    "Cherry Tree" – 3:13
    "The Painted Desert" – 3:39
    "Don't Talk" – 5:04
    "Peace Train" – 3:26
    "Gun Shy" – 4:11
    "My Sister Rose" – 3:12
    "A Campfire Song" – 3:15
    "City of Angels" – 4:17
    "Verdi Cries" – 4:27
     
    #17 gifford1967, Apr 22, 2008
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  19. Manny Ramirez

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    Pole,

    For some reason the group Split Enz came to my mind. And I know that they are mainstream, but I defy anyone to find other than "Let's Go", any song off the "Candy-O" album by The Cars as one that was played on mainstream radio. Granted, their debut had about every song off of it on the radio but it seemed like only "Let's Go" was on the radio from "Candy-O". One of my all-time favorite songs by them is one called "Double Life". Also, check out Van Morrison's early '80s album, "Into the Music" - absolutely brilliant.

    And if you want some good dance music - can't go wrong with 2 albums by Delerium in "Karma" and "Poem".
     
    #19 Manny Ramirez, Apr 22, 2008
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    Sounds like the playlist on my shuffle (minus the Duran Duran).
    you could also add

    Heaven 17
    Haircut 100
    The Bolshoi
    Aha
    Bronski Beat
    PIL
    Depeche Mode
     
    #20 DFWRocket, Apr 22, 2008
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